Social Justice

Some business owners and advocates of color want the state to invest in educational programs for prospective business owners and grants for minority-led businesses.

The initiative is called Books for All and allows any reader aged 13 and older to access commonly banned books through the library's app until the end of May.

The Darby Township Commissioners’ meeting was supposed to discuss the possible decertification of the Briarcliffe Fire Company — but the squad beat officials to the punch.

Green Street Friends is starting with a series of legal clinics to help preserve the wealth of Black homeowners.

There’s a campus rally in support of Mackenzie Fierceton set for Wednesday morning.

Columnist Solomon Jones examines the differences in American policies for immigrants and refugees from Black and brown countries and Ukraine.

The Philadelphia Bar Association is offering free confidential legal advice to the public for its annual Law Week from Monday, April 25 to Friday, April 29.

Book banning is not new — in the U.S. alone the practice goes back to Puritan times.

A rally to support school desegregation in New Jersey is held as a judge is weighing whether the state is responsible for not doing enough to break up segregation.

The parents of a Chinese American teenager fatally shot by Pennsylvania State Police filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against the troopers involved and the local DA.

Hawley used much of his question time during Jackson's confirmation hearings this week to distort her sentencing record in cases related to child pornography.

Come July, non-attorney advocates will work alongside the lawyers and social workers to increase access to poverty and mental health services.

Professor Loretta Ross talks about "calling people out" in social media for bad behavior or offensive speech, and offers an alternate viewpoint on so-called "cancel culture".

The plan contains 21 steps to improve oversight and accountability, including a legislative proposal to modernize the governance structure of the appraisal industry.

A Muslim athletic trainer claims she was fired by a private girls school in Bryn Mawr over years-old social media posts criticizing Israel.